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MakeArt Family Day

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

This December the museum will be buzzing with holiday shoppers for the annual Dogpatch Holiday Sale! Get some of your gift purchasing out of the way, then swing by the MakeArt Lab to create a gingerbread-inspired ornament or pinch pot, design and make your own holiday wrapping paper. Museum admission and activities are free.

This December the museum will be buzzing with holiday shoppers for the annual Dogpatch Holiday Sale! Get some of your gift purchasing out of the way, then swing by the MakeArt Lab to create a gingerbread-inspired ornament or pinch pot, design and make your own holiday wrapping paper. Museum admission and activities are free.

MCD Free First Tuesday: Jewelry of Tex Gieling

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Get inspired by our new exhibitions, then join us in creating unique wearable art using unconventional materials, inspired by the dynamic, one-of-a-kind jewelry of Tex Gieling.

Get inspired by our new exhibitions, then join us in creating unique wearable art using unconventional materials, inspired by the dynamic, one-of-a-kind jewelry of Tex Gieling.

Photo of two gentleman sitting in front of an audience, one speaking with a microphone.

Designing Change: A Conversation with David Hogg

MCD welcomes Parkland activist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and author David Hogg, to San Francisco to share his personal story and vision for change in our country. Designing Change: A Conversation with David Hogg will include a lecture and Q&A at Minnesota Street Projects followed by a reception and book signing with Hogg at the Museum of Craft and Design.

MCD welcomes Parkland activist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and author David Hogg, to San Francisco to share his personal story and vision for change in our country. Designing Change: A Conversation with David Hogg will include a lecture and Q&A at Minnesota Street Projects followed by a reception and book signing with Hogg at the Museum of Craft and Design.

Deck the Dogpatch at MCD

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Y O U ’ R E  I N V I T E D ! Join neighbors, colleagues and friends of Dogpatch for a free night of fun at MCD, our…

Y O U ’ R E  I N V I T E D ! Join neighbors, colleagues and friends of Dogpatch for a free night of fun at MCD, our...

MCD Library MakeArt: Hand Stamped Holiday

Potrero Branch Library 20th Street, San Francisco

Design your own block or rolling stamp, then decorate recycled tags, paper and tissue with a custom print. This year your packaging will be a gift in itself!

Design your own block or rolling stamp, then decorate recycled tags, paper and tissue with a custom print. This year your packaging will be a gift in itself!

MCD Community MakeArt: BVOH Winter Wonderland

Bayview Opera House 4705 3rd St, San Francisco

Join in a unique holiday celebration featuring local Bayview musicians and vendors along with the spirit and decor of European winter markets.

Join in a unique holiday celebration featuring local Bayview musicians and vendors along with the spirit and decor of European winter markets.

Off the Grid Winter Walk 2018

MCD is back to partake in the annual festivities of Off the Grid’s Winter Walk! Come take a creativity break from the bustle of holiday shopping and craft a delightful sustainable…

MCD is back to partake in the annual festivities of Off the Grid's Winter Walk! Come take a creativity break from the bustle of holiday shopping and craft a delightful sustainable...

MAKE: DESIGN15 Launch Party

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Join MAKE in January for the launch of DESIGN15! It’s a whole year of celebrations in honor of MCD’s 15th anniversary.

Join MAKE in January for the launch of DESIGN15! It’s a whole year of celebrations in honor of MCD’s 15th anniversary.

MCD Library MakeArt: Glen Park

Glen Park Library Diamond Street, San Francisco

Create artistic placeholders for your books and craft a backdrop for your 2019 calendar!

Create artistic placeholders for your books and craft a backdrop for your 2019 calendar!

MCD Curator Walk-Through: Elizabeth Shypertt on Tex Gieling

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Come see Tex Gieling’s work through the eyes of its curator, Elizabeth Shypertt. Elizabeth will tell you about Tex’s colorful life and will talk about the work itself as well as answer questions you might have.

Come see Tex Gieling's work through the eyes of its curator, Elizabeth Shypertt. Elizabeth will tell you about Tex's colorful life and will talk about the work itself as well as answer questions you might have.

MCD Library MakeArt: Mission Bay

Mission Bay Branch Library 960 4th St, San Francisco

Inspired by the vintage model map of SF on view at the library, and by Al Farrow: Divine Ammunition, join MCD to map neighborhoods and landmarks of your own. Using recycled and decorative materials, design and build your own 3D neighborhood model.

Inspired by the vintage model map of SF on view at the library, and by Al Farrow: Divine Ammunition, join MCD to map neighborhoods and landmarks of your own. Using recycled and decorative materials, design and build your own 3D neighborhood model.

MakeArt Family Day

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Please join us for this month’s MakeArt Family Day. As always, we will be offering a number of exhibition related activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy!

Please join us for this month’s MakeArt Family Day. As always, we will be offering a number of exhibition related activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy!

MCD Special Event: Dogpatch Art + Design Crawl

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

oin MCD staff for a unique behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s latest exhibitions as well as a hands-on creative experience in the MCD MakeArt Lab.

oin MCD staff for a unique behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s latest exhibitions as well as a hands-on creative experience in the MCD MakeArt Lab.

MCD Library MakeArt: Bayview

Bayview Branch Library 440 Civic Center Plz, Richmond

Learn hand-lettering techniques with pen, brush, and scratchboard to transcribe words of justice into your own unique framed artwork.

Learn hand-lettering techniques with pen, brush, and scratchboard to transcribe words of justice into your own unique framed artwork.

Museum of Craft and Design tour Al Farrow

MCD Members Tour: Al Farrow Studio Tour

Join the Museum of Craft and Design in San Rafael for an exclusive studio tour with Bay Area sculptor and Divine Ammunition artist, Al Farrow and gallerist Catharine Clark. This behind-the-scenes tour will provide an inside look into Farrow’s creative processes and inspirations, from a selection of past and in-progress works to his extensive collection of ethnographic artworks. Light refreshments will be provided.

Join the Museum of Craft and Design in San Rafael for an exclusive studio tour with Bay Area sculptor and Divine Ammunition artist, Al Farrow and gallerist Catharine Clark. This behind-the-scenes tour will provide an inside look into Farrow’s creative processes and inspirations, from a selection of past and in-progress works to his extensive collection of ethnographic artworks. Light refreshments will be provided.

MCD Library MakeArt: Visitacion Valley

San Francisco Public Library Visitacion Valley Branch 201 Leland Ave, San Francisco

MCD Library MakeArt: Visitacion Valley. Collaborative Crochet with Ramekon O’Arwisters, bringing together varied fabrics to make functional and sculptural forms. 12:30-2 PM, Visitacion Valley Library Branch, 201 Leland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94134. 

MCD Library MakeArt: Visitacion Valley. Collaborative Crochet with Ramekon O'Arwisters, bringing together varied fabrics to make functional and sculptural forms. 12:30-2 PM, Visitacion Valley Library Branch, 201 Leland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94134. 

Free

MCD Community MakeArt: History Playdate at California History Society

California Historical Society 678 Mission St, San Francisco

MCD Community Make Art: History Playdate at California Historical Society. MCD is headed to History Playdate at California Historical Society, where you will imagine, design, and document your own Boomtown! 1:00-3:00 PM, California Historical Society. 

MCD Community Make Art: History Playdate at California Historical Society. MCD is headed to History Playdate at California Historical Society, where you will imagine, design, and document your own Boomtown! 1:00-3:00 PM, California Historical Society. 

Free

MAKE: Divine Ammunition

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MAKE: Divine Ammunition

Enjoy a final look through Divine Ammunition, where you will honor Al Farrow’s complex and intricate work with in-gallery projects and conversations.

February 21, 2019, 6:00-9:30 PM

Museum of Craft and Design

2369 3rd St

San Francisco, CA. 94107

 

 

 

MAKE: Divine Ammunition

Enjoy a final look through Divine Ammunition, where you will honor Al Farrow’s complex and intricate work with in-gallery projects and conversations.

February 21, 2019, 6:00-9:30 PM

Museum of Craft and Design

2369 3rd St

San Francisco, CA. 94107

 

 

 

MakeArt Family Day: March

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD MakeArt Family Day at MCD, 11am- 3pm. Get a sneak preview of the materiality and techniques that will be on display in the upcoming exhibitions, Wanxin Zhang: The Long Journey and Material Domestication.

MCD MakeArt Family Day at MCD, 11am- 3pm. Get a sneak preview of the materiality and techniques that will be on display in the upcoming exhibitions, Wanxin Zhang: The Long Journey and Material Domestication.

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